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On June 3, the New York Jewish community will gather on Fifth Avenue for the Celebrate Israel Parade, and several groups that promote boycotts, divestment, and sanctions against the Jewish state will officially be marching. The New Israel Fund is a non-governmental organization funded by such non-friends of Israel as the Ford Foundation and the European Union. According to NGO Monitor, New Israel Fund has given away more than $200 million to more than 800 organizations in Israel, including $40 million received from the Ford Foundation for “peace and social justice” programs. New Israel Fund’s grantees also include five Israeli...

The New Israel Fund (NIF), an organization that encourages Boycotts, Divestments and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel, has received permission from the UJA-Federation and Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) to participate in the annual Israel Day Parade, scheduled to take place in New York June 3. Since its founding in 1979, The NIF has been the benefactor of hundreds of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), many of which are ardently committed to de-legitimizing and weakening Israel, economically and strategically, at home and abroad. Last year, the NIF as well as B’Tselem, Partners for Progressive Israel and Rabbis for Human Rights were permitted to...